Local native plants

Discover the native plants that belong in your area.

Discover the native plants that belong in your area.

This interactive map is designed to support and inspire appropriate native plant selection for gardens and planting projects across the Green Adelaide region.  

For high-value biodiversity projects, such as conservation works or remnant vegetation management, where species accuracy is critical, we recommend seeking tailored site-specific advice. Please contact us to discuss the most appropriate plant species and considerations for your project. 
 

Who is this tool for? 

Home gardeners, businesses, schools, sporting clubs, churches, and anyone wanting to enhance native biodiversity in their planting projects.

Why use this tool? 

Selecting local native plants is a great way to create a beautiful, resilient, and low-maintenance garden. These species have evolved with local conditions such as soil type, climate, and water availability. 

They also provide important food and habitat for native wildlife, helping to support and strengthen local biodiversity—making them a great choice for both your garden and the environment. 

How to use the tool 

  1. Zoom in on your area of interest (within the Green Adelaide region boundary) and click on the map.
  2. A pop-up box will appear and reveal the estimated vegetation type, with links to relevant species lists.
  3. Click on either the short list (generally commercially available species) or long lists (a fuller list of locally native species) to browse relevant plants. 
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Ready to get planting?

Before starting your revegetation project or makeover, checkout further information from our friends at Landscapes Hills & Fleurieu. 

Ready to get your plants? Checkout our native plant nurseries list.

Want to know more? 

Check out our gardening basics for some quick tips around the best time to get planting.

Where did this information come from? 

This local native plant map comes from a dataset which represents the State Government's key Pre-European Settlement floristic vegetation mapping layer for the SA agricultural region. It identifies floristic composition and general structural information (referred to as vegetation communities) of areas of native vegetation thought to have been found at a particular location in the South Australia agricultural region prior to European settlement (1836).

Browse the plant lists

Use our master lists below to explore the full suite of local native plant lists.

The short lists below identify species which are generally commercially available. The complete lists are a fuller list of plant species that have grown in the area, but may not all be available for purchase.

Central and northern metropolitan Adelaide species master lists

  • N1: South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon) and river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) open forest  
  • N2: River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) and river box (Eucalyptus largiflorens) open forest
  • N3: South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon) woodland
  • N4: River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon) woodland
  • N5: Grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) woodland
  • N6: Grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa), South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon) woodland
  • N7: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa) woodland
  • N8: Southern cypress pine (Callitris gracilis), drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) woodland
  • N9: Pink gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa), South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) low woodland
  • N10: Long-leaf box (Eucalyptus goniocalyx) and pink gum (Eucalyptus faciculosa) low woodland
  • N11: South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), southern cypress pine (Callitris gracilis), grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) low woodland
  • N12: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa), drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata), dryland tea-tree (Melaleuca lanceolata) low woodland
  • N13: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa), spear-Grass (Austrostipa spp.) and wallaby-grass (Austrodanthonia spp.) low woodland
  • N14: Southern cypress pine (Callitris preissi), drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) and silver banksia (Banksia marginata) low woodland
  • N15: Swamp paper-bark (Melaleuca halmaturorum) low woodland
  • N16: Grey mangrove (Avicennia marina) low woodland
  • N17: Umbrella bush (Acacia ligulata), wreath wattle (Acacia acinacea), Mallee pomaderris (Pomaderris paniculosa) low shrubland
  • N18: Coast daisy-bush (Olearia axillaris), and coastal wattle (Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae) open heath
  • N19: Mixed samphire (Halosarcia spp., Sarcocornia spp. and Sclerostegia spp.) and marsh saltbush (Atriplex paludosa) low shrubland
  • N20: Lignum (Muehlenbeckia florulenta) low shrubland, common reed (Phragmites australis), pond weed (Potamogeton spp.), water-ribbons (Triglochin procerum) mixed reedbed, club-rush (Bolboschoenus spp.) sedgeland
  • N21: Spear grass (Austrostipa spp.) and wallaby-grass (Austrodanthonia spp.) grassland

Southern metropolitan Adelaide species master lists

  • S1: Grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon) woodland
  • S2: South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), silver banksia (Banksia marginata), southern cypress pine (Callitris gracilis) and drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) woodland
  • S3: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa), grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) woodland
  • S4: River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), silky tea-tree (Leptospermum lanigerum), totem-poles (Melaleuca decussata) and river bottlebrush (Callistemon sieberi) woodland
  • S5: River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) and rush (Juncus spp.) open woodland
  • S6: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa), dryland tea-tree (Melaleuca lanceolata) and drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) open woodland
  • S7: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa), southern cypress pine (Callitris gracilis), drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) and silver banksia (Banksia marginata) open woodland
  • S8: South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) open woodland
  • S9: Silver banksia (Banksia marginata), drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata), southern cypress pine (Callitris gracilis) and desert banksia (Banksia ornata) low woodland
  • S10: Pink gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa), South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), southern cypress pine (Callitris preissii), desert banksia (Banksia ornata) and silver banksia (Banksia marginata) low woodland
  • S11: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa), peppermint box (Eucalyptus odorata), drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata), grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon) low woodland
  • S12: Oyster Bay pine (Callitris rhomboidea) low woodland
  • S13: Coast daisy-bush (Olearia axillaris) and coastal wattle (Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae) open heath
  • S14: Silky tea-tree (Leptospermum lanigerum), narrow-leaf bulrush (Typha domingensis), common reed (Phragmites australis) and cutting grass (Gahnia trifida) closed shrubland
  • S15: Common boobialla (Myoporum insulare), flat-sedge (Cyperus spp.), knobby club-rush (Isolepis nodosa), bulrush (Typha) and salt club-rush (Bolboschoenus caldwellii) shrubland
  • S16: Pale turpentine bush (Beyeria lechenaultii), common fringe-myrtle (Calytix tetragona), cup wattle (Acacia cupularis), sea box (Alyxia buxifolia), quandong (Santalum acuminatum) and mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa) low shrubland
  • S17: Drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata), cup wattle (Acacia cupularis), pale turpentine bush (Beyeria lechenaultii) and nitre-bush (Nitraria billardierei) low shrubland
  • S18: Nitre-bush (Nitraria billardierei), salt blue bush (Maireana oppositifolia), samphire (Sarcocornia spp) and marsh saltbush (Halosarcia spp. and Atriplex paludosa) low shrubland
  • S19: Smooth cutting-grass (Gahnia filum), salt club-rush (Bolboschoenus caldwellii) and lignum (Muehlenbeckia florulenta) sedgeland

Southern Mount Lofty Ranges species master lists